After a wave of gang violence lead to 12 shootings and five murders in King City and Greenfield last month, police chiefs from across south Monterey County gathered to develop a plan for combating the violence.Monterey County Sheriff Steve Bernal unveiled their plan at a press conference Monday."We're going to put together the resources to disrupt and dismantle these organized gangs and individuals who cause an uptick in violence," Bernal said. Bernal said he's assigning a team of six deputies to work with all Soledad, King City, Greenfield, and Gonzales police departments for sharing gang intelligence."The main goal is to share information, to share intelligence, develop targets, and go after these targets so we can dismantle the gangs down there," Bernal said.King City, Greenfield, Soledad, and Gonzales have been working together for some time under another program called Four Cities for Peace, but bringing in the sheriff’s department is adding more manpower and resources."I think if you look at gang suppression efforts, normally when able to take the head off the snake a little bit you can slow down some of the violence that’s occurring," Gonzales Police Chief Paul Miller said.

After a wave of gang violence lead to 12 shootings and five murders in King City and Greenfield last month, police chiefs from across south Monterey County gathered to develop a plan for combating the violence.

Monterey County Sheriff Steve Bernal unveiled their plan at a press conference Monday.

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"We're going to put together the resources to disrupt and dismantle these organized gangs and individuals who cause an uptick in violence," Bernal said.

Bernal said he's assigning a team of six deputies to work with all Soledad, King City, Greenfield, and Gonzales police departments for sharing gang intelligence.

"The main goal is to share information, to share intelligence, develop targets, and go after these targets so we can dismantle the gangs down there," Bernal said.

King City, Greenfield, Soledad, and Gonzales have been working together for some time under another program called Four Cities for Peace, but bringing in the sheriff’s department is adding more manpower and resources.

"I think if you look at gang suppression efforts, normally when able to take the head off the snake a little bit you can slow down some of the violence that’s occurring," Gonzales Police Chief Paul Miller said.